title: The effect of Baroque music on behavioural disturbances in patients with dementia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the effect of Baroque music in people with dementia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients in a multicultural dementia-specific aged care facility were subjected to Baroque music in a cross-over study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were significantly more behavioural disturbances during the weeks when Baroque music was played compared to control periods (0.2 more episodes per week, P = 0.01), and more episodes in the afternoon shift compared to evening shift (1 more episode per week, P = 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results confirm that music can influence behaviour but is contrary to previous results.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Medical Professional Development, Hunter New England Area Health Service, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. kichu.nair@newcastle.edu.au
authors.forename: Balakrishnan Kichu
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Heim
authors.forename: Chitra
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Krishnan
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: D'Este
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marley
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Attia
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D003704:Dementia / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D009147:Music Therapy; D009517:New South Wales; D009735:Nursing Homes; D012044:Regression Analysis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D017211:Treatment Failure